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Mini-Advanced Pointing Imaging Camera
A high-resolution imaging system which simultaneously takes images of target and star field with two-axis control capability, allowing rapid target imaging with extremely... -
A Breakthrough Propulsion Architecture for Interstellar Precursor Missions
We propose a new power/propulsion architecture to enable missions such as a 12-yr flight time to 500 AU—the distance at which solar gravity lensing can be used to image... -
Metamaterials for Advanced Visible and Ultraviolet Optical Components
Metamaterials are artificial electromagnetic media nanostructured on a scale much shorter than their operating wavelength, having effective optical properties not found in... -
High temperature superconductor bolometers for spectral imaging of cold plane...
The 2013 Planetary Science Decadal Survey recommends a number of missions that require thermal imaging and compositional analysis the surfaces of cold bodies to gain... -
Advanced Low Temperature Thermoelectric Materials for Cryogenic Power Generation
The current state of the art thermoelectric materials for low temperatures for the past 50 years have been alloys based upon Bi2Te3 with ZT of 1.2 at 300 K. These heritage... -
DISCUS: Distributed Intelligent Swarm Control & Utilization System, Phase I
SSCI and University of Washington (Prof. Behcet Acikmese) propose to develop, integrate and test an innovative Distributed Intelligent Swarm Control & Utilization System... -
Adaptive EMI Mitigation for Enhanced Spacecraft Telecom
Almost all of the science data from NASA's Mars rovers is returned via a relay link from the surface to a Mars Orbiter. For operational simplicity these relay links... -
Low-Power-Consumption Integrated PPM Laser Transmitter, Phase II
Conventional PPM laser transmitters, a CW laser followed by a modulator, are inherently inefficient since the data must be carved from the laser's steady output. 95% of the... -
Radioisotope Power Supply, Phase II
Hi-Z Technology has designed, built and tested a small thermoelectric module that is well suited to use the 1 watt radioisotope heater unit (RHU) as a heat source. The RHU is... -
Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment
The Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) will be the first in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) technology demonstration on Mars. Competitively selected in... -
Ultra-narrow bandpass filters for long range optical telecommunications at 10...
Ultra-narrow bandpass filters with high off-band rejection are needed to maximize signal to noise for free space communications. Omega Optical is developing NIR filters with... -
Battery-Powered Process for Coating Telescope Mirrors in Space, Phase I
ZeCoat Corporation will develop a battery-powered, aluminum deposition process for making broadband reflective coatings in space (wavelength range: 30-nm to 2500-nm). The... -
Exploring and Sampling Recurring Slope Lineae and Other Extreme Terrains
This project investigates technologies for accessing and sampling extreme terrains on planetary surfaces. A driving application is potential in situ measurements on... -
Elastic-Memory Composite Antenna Booms for SmallSats, Phase I
Composite Technology Development, Inc. (CTD) seeks to advance the state of art with a novel deployable low-frequency antenna technology for SmallSats comprised of elastic memory... -
Ultrastable and Compact Deep UV Laser Source for Raman Spectroscopy, Phase II
Deep-ultraviolet (DUV) Raman spectroscopy is a powerful method to isolate and extract the unique signatures of numerous chemical bonds present within complex samples. DUV... -
Optimized Integrated Vehicle, Operations, and Network Constellation Design
To date, planetary science investigations have largely been conducted with missions involving a single spacecraft. Looking ahead, NASA scientists are envisioning an era in which... -
An Enhanced Modular Terminal Descent Sensor for Landing on Planetary Bodies, ...
Remote Sensing Solutions (RSS) proposes to fill a critical niche in Entry, Descent, and Landing with the design and subsequent development of a terrain relative radar... -
Sentient Science - A Multiscale Modeling Suite for Process and Microstructure...
In response to NASA’s topic T12.02 of “Extensible Modeling of Metallurgical Additive Manufacturing Processes”, Sentient proposes to incorporate its... -
Low-Loss Ferrite Components for NASA Missions, Phase II
The goal of this research is to develop high-frequency Faraday rotation isolators that exhibit significantly reduced loss, higher power handling and improved bandwidth over... -
Ku/Ka/W-band Antenna for Electronically-Scanned Cloud and Precipitation Radar
Previously, cloud radars such as CloudSat have been separated from precipitation radars such as TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission) and GPM (Global Precipitation...